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So I just discovered that I have been working next to the waste of oxygen that raped my best friend several years ago. I work in a manufacturing environment and I know that you can't fire someone just for being a sex offender unless it directly interferes with work duties (in the US). But despite it being a primarily male workforce he does work with several women who have no idea what he is. He literally followed a woman home, broke into her house, and raped her. Him working here puts every female employee at risk. How is that not an unsafe working environment? How is it at even legal to employ him anywhere where he will have contact with women?

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[–] [email protected] 122 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I hate to say this, but do you know what he's done to rehabilitate himself? Do you know why he's allowed to work there? Have you talked to management about what you discovered?

All of your questions are very very leading. Of course we deplore rape. However, despite what you may think, we should all be given a chance to redeem ourselves.

I can understand why you fear for the safety of yourself and others around you. If you do nothing, that is entirely on you. But I do hope that you have compassion and a sense of forgiveness in your heart too. For all you know, you can also be surrounded by thieves and murderers, but none of those are publicly branded.

I urge you to bring this to the management's attention. Talk to your female coworkers and let them know.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The concept of Redemeption is sadly one that barely exists nowadays. While the crime of rape is unforgivable, a wise woman once said "If Hell is forever, then Heaven's a lie."

If we don't let people have a chance to better themselves and prove that they aren't the monsters they used to be, then we condemn them to return to their most toxic behaviors.

That said, if someone has a history of vile behavior, then it's best to warn those you feel can minimize his harm or are vulnerable. He needs to be given a chance for redemption and self-betterment, but he can't be given free reign either.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

In the absolute majority of rape cases there is no bettering themselves happening because the rapists never face any consequences to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

All of your questions are very very leading. Of course we deplore rape. However, despite what you may think, we should all be given a chance to redeem ourselves.

There are a few crimes that are not forgivable, where you lose all right to any benefit of the doubt and should be labeled as dangerous, suspicious, and existential threat for the rest of your life.

Premeditated Rape is one of those crimes.

Premeditated rape is not a accident. its not a crime of passion. it is a deliberate, multi-step action that result in harming and violating another human being in one of the worst ways possible. There were so many points in which any shred of basic human decency that existed in his body could have asserted itself and changed his course, but it didnt. He followed through multiple steps in the process to follow and ultimately violate and his victim in one of the worst ways a person can harm another human being. Because he is a predator, and a threat.

Regardless of his time in jail, he is a threat. he will always be a threat. There is no one around him that is not at risk.

and worse still, because hes already been caught once, he will have learned.. and the chances of the next victim escaping alive are slimmer for it.

There is no redemption arc that can unrape his victim, and erase the threat he poses.